Improvement in fly-brushes



1. A. LYLE. Ely-Brushes.

Patented Nov. 18, 187.3.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FLY-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,779, dated November 18, 1873; application iled September 19, 1873.

To all whomz't 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. LYLE, of Bridgeport, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Brush; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a ily-brush from the feathers of the peafowl, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a side view of my fly-brush; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the handle, showing particularly the construction of the same.

A represents the wooden handle, upon which the brush is formed in the following manner: Take the feathers of the peafowl known as the drag-feathers, and place them iiat around the handle A, the iirst layer or course reaching to the point O on the handle, and secured to the same by wrapping with wire at the point D. The second course or layer is also drag-feathers, reaching to the point B2, and wrapped at D and B2, the quills of this layer being cut off under the wrapping B2. `The next two rounds or layers of feathers are of the longest eyed feathers, reaching to the point E, and wrapped at D and B2. The remaining layers of eyed feathers are secured by wrapping at the points 'D and B2, the quills being cut .olf at the point E. The eyed feathers are selected to use the Y longest rst, and the next longest in the second layer, and so on until thelast row of eyes comes immediately above the curled roll F.

This curled roll is made of the green side feathers of the peafowl, placed close, and forming a solid course around the ball G, and wrapped at D, the quills extending to the point B2, and of which the braid covering the ball G is formed by raising every other quill over the wire. After the braid is formed, the quills of the curled layer are cut off sloping,so as to cover where the plain wrapping B2 reaches the point E. The flat braiding on the handle, marked a, is formed of the iirst layer of drag-feathers, the quills of which still remain long, the braiding being done in the same manner as above described, occasionally wrapping plain, ac-

cording to the taste of the workman, the end being iinally covered by plain wrapping, terminating at the point C, and the wire fastened by a tack. The ribbon braid bis formed in any suitable manner, according to the taste of the maker. In the construction of this brush, the down is clipped off each feather, leaving the quills bare as far up as the curled roll on the outside, and extending two -thirds the length of the Vfeathers on the inside. The object of so trimming the feathers is to prevent moths or insects from harboringin the brush, and eating the feathers after they are manufactured, or when the brush is not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

As a new article of manufacture, the brush having the ball G, iiat braid a, and the ribbon braid b, the feathers extending down on the handle to B1, constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. LYLE. Witnesses:

S. E. TURNER, B. C. GEANsToN. 

